Humans as hyperobjects

 
"The human," for Morton, qualifies as a "hyperobject" (40)
 
"a bundle of entities massively distributed in time and space that forms an entity in its own right, one that is impossible for humans to see or touch directly"
 
"'Human' means me plus my nonhuman prostheses and symbionts, such as my bacterial microbiome and my technological gadgets, an entity that cannot be determined in advance within a thin, rigid outline or rigidly demarcated from the symbiotic real"
> from Timothy Morton's Humankind: Solidarity with Nonhuman People (2017)

> tagged with #personhood

> created October 12, 2023 at 4:43:14 PM


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